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Texas Art Teacher Certification Exam

Subjects : teaching, arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Enameling technique - used more gold and less color than cloisonne. Starts with thick gold piece - cut tiny troughs wherever want color to be - gold is most prominent in end - rarely has patterns engraved.






2. Spanish founder of cubism; made Les Demoiselles d'Avignon to seek to create a new visual reality and provoke revolutionary upheaval; his figures are broken into large - flat planes with dislocated body parts; used African masks; very non-Western; Gue






3. A solid screen - covered with icons - at the front of the church - dividing the sanctuary from the body of the building.






4. The amount of light reflected by a hue






5. An enameling technique in which thin wire partitions-cloisons-are filled with enamel. It is an art form practiced in ancient Byzantium






6. A philosophical doctrine and literary and dramatic movement that insists on the existence of individuals as basic and important. believes that the world is inhernetly meaningless and individuals must find meaning in their literal - concrete existence






7. A water-base paint made with casein (which is a protein precipitated from milk)






8. A coarse cotton fabric stiffened with glue - stiff-finished cotton or linen used for linings of garments






9. A structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops






10. A plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed cylinder - which in turn transfers it to the paper






11. A coarse - inexpensive - woven fabric; often used for making grain sacks






12. This technique is so called because its finished prints often resemble watercolors or wash drawings. It is a favorite method of printmakers to achieve a wide range of tonal values. The technique consists of exposing the plate to acid through a layer






13. Renowned for paintings and prints






14. Application of potassium sulphide






15. Pale green






16. Paintings with the emphasis on inner emotions - sensations - or ideas rather than actual appearances






17. Creates blue dye






18. The dimension of color that is determined by the wavelength of light; what we know as the color names blue - green - and so forth.






19. A matted tangle of hair or fiber






20. Date: 1839-1906 Important: Painted Mount Saint Victoire in Aix en- Provence over 60 times. Each painting is different b/c of angle and light -Trust your own eyes - and fanatic for the truth -Light- vibrations of color-Like an impressionist- heavy han






21. Network Interface Card; the device that enables a workstation to connect to the network and communicate with other computers.






22. Fastening two pieces of metal together by softening with heat and applying pressure - Fusing two pieces of material using a heat process; most commonly used with metal and plastics






23. Formed in relief by beating a metal plate from the back - leaving the impression on the face






24. French painter who was an early cubist (1881-1955) - Influences include hard sharp precision of a machine age






25. An Italian movement begun shortly before and during WWI. It depicted dynamic movement and stressed the violence and speed of the Machine Age. They advocated revolution and glorified war.(Balla - Severini - Boccioni)






26. In lithography - a waxy substance used to draw or paint images on a lithographic stone or plate






27. Joining small pieces of metal together using molten metal - bonding metals and alloys that melt at temperatures below 840






28. A print made using a stencil process in which an image or design is superimposed on a very fine mesh screen and printing ink is squeegeed onto the printing surface through the area of the screen that is not covered by the stencil






29. Embroidery done in cross-stitch on fine single net






30. Pottery that has been fired but not yet glazed.






31. To raise a relief design on the surface of paper through pressure-raised paper to form image - with or without ink printed






32. Known for his glass sculpture






33. A loom with an attachment for forming openings for the passage of the shuttle between the warp threads - French inventor of the Jacquard loom that could automatically weave complicated patterns (1752-1834)






34. Shading consisting of multiple crossing lines






35. Technique of ornamenting in which small grains of metal - usually gold - are soldered to a flat surface






36. An artistic movement that sought to capture a momentary feel - or impression - of the piece they were drawing - An artistic movement that sought to capture a momentary feel - or impression - of the piece they were drawing






37. Made possible by the contrariety between grease and water - printing produced through the use of ink on a flat surface (e.g. - stone or metal - A print produced by a printing process in which a smooth surface is treated so that the ink will adhere on






38. Joining of two metals above 800F (most common) - the process of joining metal with a filler rod that melts at a temperature below the metal being joined - Uses a molten filler metal to crate joints. Capillary action is required to distribute the fill






39. Incised engraving - the process of printing from engraved plates - a printing process that uses an etched or engraved plate - ex: the plate is smeared with ink and Then wiped clean. The ink left in the recesses is what makes the print.






40. A simple printmaking technique in which ink or paint is appleid to a metal or plastic plate - worked with various tools - and then printed onto paper using a press - roller - or other pressure.






41. Technique of shading using dots to control value






42. A decorative design made of one material sewn over another






43. Method of painting in which the colors are mixed with egg yolk or other substances - instead of oil






44. Journalist who questioned the policies of the governor of New York in the 1700's. He was jailed; he sued - and this court case was the basis for our freedom of speech and press. He was found not guilty.






45. Italian 'light-dark'. The gradation of light and dark values in two-dimensional imagery; especially the illusion of rounded - three-dimensional form created through gradations of light and shade rather than line.






46. A fabric-dyeing method which uses wax to coat areas that don't need to be dyed






47. Term used to visualize a recreation of audio-video






48. Wrought iron - hammered copper - painted tin NOT pewter






49. Watercolor with inert white pigment mixed in. Inert pigment is pigment that becomes colorless or virtually colorless paint. In gouache - it serves to make the color opaque - which means it is used at full length - watercolor mixed with a high concent






50. The threads running from side to side across a fabric; wool